A festival devoted to chili and beer, how can you go wrong? The event featured over 30 different varieties of chilies and 50+ breweries pouring everything from beer laced with chamomile(Crazy Mountain Brewery of Vail) to the hottest beer in the world(Ghost Face Killah from Twisted Pine in Boulder). Top everything off with performances by Kyle Hollinsworth of String Cheese, The Wailers and P-Funk and you’ve got a party.
As far as the chili went, there were definitely some standouts this year. My vote goes to the friendly girl with the pulled pork chili. One of the most unique chilies I’ve ever had, both in flavor and ingredients – bacon, pork, beef, 3 kinds of beers and 3 kinds of beans. It was savory, sweet and hearty all at the same time.
Breckenridge Brewery brought out an Imperial Pilsner that was perfectly balanced at around 40 IBU’s and had a nice subtle malt backbone and just over 7% alcohol . Brew Dog, out of Scotland, was also pouring at the fest. Now, I consider Brew Dog one of the best breweries of our time, but they definitely out did themselves with a barrel aged IPA that picked up an incredible smoky peat flavor. While the peat flavor was the dominate flavor in the beer it was not overpowering in the least bit. This one is sure to be a favorite of the scotch drinkers of the world.
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